View from Horn (Thuringian Forest) – View of Wiesenthal loop from Horn mit Kahlköpfchen

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View from Horn (Thuringian Forest) – View of Wiesenthal loop from Horn mit Kahlköpfchen

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View from Horn (Thuringian Forest) – View of Wiesenthal loop from Horn mit Kahlköpfchen

05:19

17.2km

620m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 18, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Horn

Ibengarten

Biosphärenreservat Rhön

Waypoints

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Parking

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1.88 km

View from Horn (Thuringian Forest)

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Sit down, unpack the provisions you have brought with you and enjoy the view. You can already live up here!

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6.75 km

View of Wiesenthal

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Small town on the edge of the Ibengarten and the Hohe Asch.

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8.28 km

Covered rest area at Ibengarten

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8.31 km

Yew Roots on Ancient Limestone Slabs

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It is impressive how the old yews hold on to the much older shell limestone slabs.

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8.35 km

Ibengarten Yew Grove

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Some of the yew trees here are over 800 years old !!! You are very special!
What the yew garden is all about is explained here on display boards.

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8.43 km

Ancient Yew in Ibengarten

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A beautiful yew tree that is said to be over 500 years old. Touch them and make a wish! Maybe it will come true ...

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9.04 km

Rhönpaulus Rest Area

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Very nicely designed rest area with Rhön Paulus lifelike and again with wonderful. View into the distance ...

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9.22 km

Rhönpaulus Adventure Trail – Station 1: Giving and Taking (Ibengarten)

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The Ibengarten (yew garden) includes 368 yew trees, 50 of which are over 500 years old.
Johann Heinrich Valentin Paul (* February 5, 1736 in Weilar; † 1780 in Glattbach), …

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17.2 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

15.3 km

1.71 km

116 m

109 m

Surfaces

9.76 km

4.46 km

1.25 km

846 m

489 m

429 m

Elevation

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Highest point (550 m)

Lowest point (360 m)

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May 5, 2024,DER HOCHRHÖNER® Kuppenrhön, Etappe 7: Von Dermbach nach Bernshausen

Stage 7 of 8 of the
Hochrhöner premium trail.
The shortest, but also one of the most beautiful tours of the Hochrhöner. Even if you notice that you are out of the core zone of the biosphere reserve and in a clearly agriculturally used area. The trails are very varied and there is always something to see. The first highlight …

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September 22, 2024,👀 Der Hochrhöner, Kuppenrhön-Panoramatour von Dermbach bis Bernshausen

Today's stage is dedicated to Rhönpaulus, who is treated like a Robin Hood 🏹 of the Rhön. He comes across as sympathetic in the legends, the helpful thief and smuggler who died on the gallows in 1780 for treason. It is easy to imagine that someone was able to hide in the yew forest, especially since he apparently had help …

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